Knife sheath



y 7, 1938. B. BROWNELL 2,117,937

KNIFE SHEATH Filed Sept. 20, 1957 15y; d BrOM nGZZ WITNESS ATTORNEYSPatented May 17, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to knife sheaths, and its general object is toprovide a sheath in which the knife can be easily and expeditiouslyapplied and removed with respect thereto, but accidental displacement,removal or loss therefrom is practically impossible, in that the sheathincludes knife handle receiving means which forms a part of the beltattaching means for the sheath, so that when the sheath is applied toand worn on the belt of the user, the handle receiving means sets up agripping engagement with the handle.

A further object is to provide a knife sheath that is simple inconstruction, neat and novel in appearance, inexpensive to manufacture,easy to apply and remove with respect to the wearer, and is extremelyefficient in use and service.

This invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing andspecifically pointed out in the appended claim.

Indescribing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a front view of the sheath which forms the subject matter ofthe present invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken approximately on line 2-2 of Figure1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 3 is a detail view of the belt attaching and knife handlegripping means of my sheath.

Referring to the drawing in detail, it will be noted that the body of mysheath is of the usual elongated formation and includes a rear wall Iand a front wall 2 secured together adjacent the edges thereof bystitching or the like, as best shown in Figure 1, to provide a pocket toreceive the blade of the knife A. The lower portions of the walls I and2 are tapered in curved formation to the lower ends, so that the bodyterminates accordingly in a substantial point disposed in alignment withthe longitudinal center thereof. The front wall 2 terminates in, astraight upper end, in the form as shown, while the rear wall has formedthereon and rising therefrom an extension providing a tongue 3 which hasarranged therein and extending longitudinally thereof a pair of slots 4disposed in parallelism with respect to each other, as shown inFigure 1. The tongue '3 has its sides reduced adjacent to the juncturethereof with the rear wall I and the upper end of the tongue ispreferably rounded, as shown.

The belt attaching and knife handle gripping member of my sheath as bestshown in Figure 3 includes a flap 5 which is preferably of triangularconfiguration to present a substantially arrow head formation and formedon the flap 5 is a reduced extension 6 that in turn has formed therewithto extend outwardly therefrom, a strip 1 which is looped upon itself andfastened to the extension 6 by stitching or other suitable means, afterthe strip is disposed through the slots 4, as best shown in Figure 1, sothat the loop can be disposed about the handle of the knife for grippingassociation therewith in a manner which will be readily apparent uponinspection of Figure 2.

The flap 5 is provided with a pair of spaced parallel arranged slots 8for the purpose of receiving the belt B or other suitable waistencircling means of the wearer, and the free or apex end of the flap 5is detachably associated with respect to the tongue 3 through theinstrumentality of snap fastening means 9, in the form as shown, but ofcourse it will be understood that any type of fastening means suitablefor the purpose may be employed.

From the above description and disclosure of the drawing, it will beobvious that I have provided a knife sheath that includes a pocket toreceive the blade of the knife with a handle thereof disposed parallelwith the tongue 3, for arrangement in the path of the loop provided bythe strap I for gripping association therewith, and the flap 5 issecured to the belt B, by the passage of the latter through the slots 8,as well as by the snap fastening means 9. By providing the slots 4 inthe tongue 3, it will be further obvious that the loop is adjustablewith respect to the tongue 3, for engagement with handles of variouslengths.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages andnovel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction andin the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided thatsuch changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What 1 claim is:

A knife sheath comprising a body providing a pocket for the blade of aknife, a tongue formed on the body and rising therefrom, said tonguehaving spaced parallel slots extending longitudinally therein, meansincluding a loop extending through the slots for adjustment with respectto the tongue for receiving and gripping the handle of the knife, and asubstantially arrowhead shaped flap formed on the means and havingspaced parallel slots therein to receive the belt of the wearer of thesheath for slidably securing the flap to the belt, and means fordetachably securing the flap to the tongue.

BYRD BROWNELL.

